EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSES; THE OLD AND NEW STRUCTURES ON THE REEF. WINSTANLEY'S PAGODA AND ITS FATE RUDYERD'S TIMBER TOWER SMEATON'S FAMOUS WORK THE NEW LIGHT-HOUSE.

The first stone of a new light-house on the Eddystone Reef, destined ultimately to replace the celebrated structure of Smeaton, was to have been laid on Saturday by the Prince of Wales and the Duke Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the persistent inclemency of a season without a parallel in recent times entirely frustrated the ceremony.

July 09, 1879

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